Delhi gets oxygen; hospitals say situation better now

Kin of COVID-19 patients wait outside to refill empty cylinders in Delhi on Tuesday. Pic/PTI

After days of scrambling for oxygen, hospitals in Delhi said they are in a comparatively better situation in terms of supply and have reopened admissions after the first Oxygen Express train carrying 64.55 tonnes of the life-saving gas reached the national capital early on Tuesday morning.

Dr D K Baluja, medical director of Jaipur Golden Hospital, said, "We are in a very comfortable situation today. The daily requirement of oxygen is 3.6 metric tonnes and we have about six tonnes available which will last for the entire day." Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, which repeatedly sent out SOS last week, received two tonnes of oxygen this morning.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said his government will set up 44 oxygen plants in Delhi within one month, he added. The Delhi High Court rapped the government, saying its entire system has failed as black marketing of oxygen cylinders and crucial medicines to treat COVID-19 patients is going on.

65 tonnes
Approx. quantity of oxygen Delhi got on Tues

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